Chemistry

Chemistry Thursday: Polyatomic ions, electrolytes, compounds with sodium, and an introduction to soap & surfactants (part 51)

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Woo hoo! I’m really excited about this post as we’re getting more into the ingredients we use in our formulas by learning about polyatomic ions, solubility, electrolytes/ions, and all those other good things we need to know when we’re formulating! Let’s recap what we’ve learned so far, look at where we find polyatomic ions in...

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Chemistry Thursday: More on polyatomic ions, short introduction to solubility, and why we don’t use spring, mineral, or tap water in our formulas (part 50)

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Chemistry Thursday: More on polyatomic ions, short introduction to solubility, and why we don’t use spring, mineral, or tap water in our formulas (part 50) Welcome back! Let’s take a closer look at polyatomic ions, some examples of compounds, and why we don’t use mineral, spring, or tap water in our products, as we work...

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Chemistry Thursday: An overview of polyatomic ions – part 49

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Let’s talk about polyatomic ions a bit more in the next few parts of this series as we work our way to solubility and acid/base reactions. We’ve been learning about solubility of ions and polyatomic ions Why do we care about Polyatomic ions? Because they show up all over cosmetic chemistry as citrates, lactates, sulphate,...

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Chemistry Thursday: Rules about solubility, part 48

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Welcome to part 48 of this Introduction to cosmetic chemistry series in which we’ll be learning about rules of solubility along with a bit more on polyatomic ions. An important note about this series – it’s here for life. It isn’t going anywhere. If you want to take a break or take a few weeks...

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Chemistry Thursday: More about solubility, part 47 (updated)

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A plastic beaker contains a white creamy lotion, it's a summer lotion with babassu oil, and it feels very nice. Not greasy at all.

Welcome back to the new part of this series where we’re taking a look at solubility and why it’s important in cosmetic chemistry. In last week’s post – part 46 – we enjoyed an introduction to solubility, and took a look at magnesium chloride (“magnesium oil”) and allantoin. This week, we’ll take a look at...

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